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UNITE STATES PATENT orrron.

JAMES E. GILBERT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T

GILBERT SLIP-SHEETING- MACHINE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORA- TION OF ILLINOIS.

SMUT-SI-IEETING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

c citizen of the United States, residing at Chior lithographed matter.

cage, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Smut-Sheeting Machine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to automatic delays for printed and lithographed sheets, or, in other words, to mechanism for taking care of such sheets of printed or lithographed matter between the time they receive the impression of the ink and the time that they are dried, so that they can be handled without injury.

\Vhen a lithographed or printed sheet is delivered from a press, its surface is in a moist condition, and if it is either handled directly or a successive printed or lithographed sheet is placed on it, there is a blotting, smearing, or smutting action, technically known as an offset from the freshly printed matter on the back of the next sheet of paper or other lithograph or print placed above it. Under the present practice, a force of workmen or girls is employed who first place sheets of paper, usually unglazed, hard brown Manila paper, very much like the paper frequently used by butchers for wrapping up fresh meat parcels, between the successive sheets of printed A pile of such printed or lithographed sheets with such other sheets interspersed between them is left for some little time, so that the ink upon the printed or lithographed sheets has time to dry, after which the pile is turned over to either the same, or, in a large plant, another set of workmen or girls, who proceed to take the lithographed or printed sheets one by one from this pile and place them upon a truck or other receptacle, and, at the same time, place the Manila sheets in another pile upon a truck or receptacle, after which the printed or lithographed sheets are ready for further treatment, either by re-printing with an additional color, or printing on the reverse side, or binding, or such use as may be desired.

to the vicinity of the press to be used over The Manila sheets thus taken from r the composite pile are ready to be returned do not perform a blotting function, but merely serve the purpose of preventing offset from the freshly printed or lithographed sheets which will not, under ordinary conditions, take place upon such paper as Manila paper, though it does take place very easily upon the highly finished glazed surface of the paper ordinarily used for printing illustrated work, and lithographing. These sheets of Manila or other paper, or material used for the purpose of this Manila paper just described, are known in the trade as slip-sheets or smut-sheets, and, for convenience, such material whether it be paper, cloth, or other material capable of performing the functions described, will be referred to throughout the specification as smut sheets or smut-sheet material.

The object of my invention is to provide an automatic machine by means of which successive portions of smut-sheet material are placed bet-ween the successive sheets of lithographed or printed matter, as they are delivered from the press this without the smut'sheet rubbing the print sheet; each sheet of printed or lithographed material with the portion of smut-sheet material above it is then automatically moved out of the way of the successive sheets of lithographed or printed material delivered from the press, to a place or a succession of places in which the sheet of printed or lithographed matter in contact with the smut-sheet above it has time to dry sufliciently, so that it can be handled with safety as heretofore described, there being means provided by which, during this operation, the portion of smut-sheet in contact with the sheet of printed or lithographed matter does'not move in relation or in reference to said sheet of printed or lithographed matter, whereby there is, during this operation, no danger of smutting or smearing of the print or lithographupon the .smutsheet, or slurring the print or lithograph upon its own surface, or otherwise marring the printed or lithographed sheet; and mechanism for automatically separating the printed or lithographed sheet from the portion of smut-sheet material when the lithograph or print has had sufficient time to dry, so that it can be handled with safety as heretofore described :this, also, in the preferred form, with means for then automatically returning the portions of smutsheet material to a position where they can be again used in connection with another sheet of printed or lithographed matter as it is delivered by the press.

My invention consists broadly in a machine capable of performing these functions. In its preferred form, illustrated in the drawings, it consists in a continuous strip or belt of smut-sheet material adapted to be folded in successive, substantially parallel, sections, between which sheets of printed or lithographed matter are placed, in combination with means for moving successive folded sections of smut-material with the sheets ofprinted or lithographed matter between them away from the printing press, in such a way that there is no motion between the folds of smut-sheet material and the sheets of lithographed or printed matter between them, for a suflicient time for the ink upon the printed or lithographed sheets to dry in the manner heretofore described; also in combination with mechanism for then releasing the prints from the folds of the continuous belt or strip of smut-sheet material, and for returning the portion of the smutsheet material belt which has been used, back to the position in the vicinity of the printing press delivery, where it can be used over again, for the same purpose. a

The invention also consists in many advantages of the machine for causing it to perform the operations heretofore outlined, and in other features which will be made clear as the specification proceeds.

In the drawings which accompany this specification, and are a part thereof, Figure l is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention in its preferred form, the parts being in the position in which a sheet of printed or lithogra'phed material 85 is just being delivered to it from the printing press; Fig. 2,is a larger view, the standard on which the machine rests being omitted, showing the position of the parts when the sheet 35 is fully on the machine and ready to be dropped down into a position so that the succeeding portion of smut-sheet material which is to be placed over it can be so placed; Fig. 3 is the same view as Fig. 2, showing the position of the parts during the dropping-down motion just referred to. This action will be more clearly understood when Figs. 21 to 28 are described; Fig. 4; is a plan view of the parts in the position of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a front end view of the machine when the parts are in the position of Figs. 3 and 4:; Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of the front feeding and locking mechanisms shown in assembled form in the upper portion of Fig. 5, the feeding mechanism being in the extreme downward position, and the locking mechanism being open ready to receive another bar; Fig. 7 is a face to its extreme height, and the locking mechanism in locked position; Fig. 11 is a face view of the cam of Fig. 7, showing it in the position which it assumes when the feeding mechanism is in the position of Fig. 9; Fig.

12 is a face view of the'cam of Fig. 8, showing it in the position which it assumes when the locking mechanism is in the position of Fig. 9; Fig. 13 is a face view of the cam of Fig. 7 when it is in proper position so that the feeding mechanism attached to it is in the position of Fig. 10; Fig. 14 is a face view of the cam of Fig. 8, showing it when it is in such a position that the locking mechanism attached to it is in the position of Fig. 10; Fig. 15 is a detail side elevation of the rear feeding mechanism shown in assembled View in the center of Figs. 1, 2 and 8; Fig. 16 is a detail face view of the cam for operating the feeding mechanism shown in Fig.-

15; Fig. 17 is 'a detail perspective of the releasing mechanism, appearing in assembled form in the lower left-hand portion in Figs. 1, 2 and 8; Fig. 18 is a detail sectional view through the channels supporting the bars attached to successive portions of smut-sheet material, in the manner hereafter described, showing such bars; Fig. 19 is a sectional elevation of the feeding roller for placing the sections of smut-sheet material over the sheets of printed or lithographed matter; Fig. 20 is a detail perspective View of portions of the smut-sheet material, showing the method of attaching a locking bar thereto; Figs. 21 to 28 are diagrammatic views showing various positions of the,

smut-sheet belt or strip, when the sheets of lithographed or printed material are being placed in the same, are in it, and are delivered from it, which will be more fully described at a later point in the specification. Fig. 29 shows the machine of this invention inclosed in a hot room so that the print sheets may be dried while they pass through the machine.

In the drawings I have heretofore referred to a sheet of paper which is coming on to the machine as being indicated by the numeral 35, and, for convenience, the same sheet of paper in its'successive positions in passing through the machine will be referred to by the numerals 36, 87,38, 39, 40 and 41, and the pile of lithographs and printed matter at the bottom of the machine by the numeral 42. (See particularly Figs. 21 to 28 inclusive.)

Rising from four base castings 43, made in any suitable form desired, are four upright channel irons, those at the front of the machine being indicated by the numeral 44, and those at the rear of the machine being indicated by the numeral 45. Surrounding these four channels 44 and 45, near their up per ends, is the rectangular frame 46. This frame is rigidly secured to the upper ends of these channel irons by any suitable means. Similarly inclosing the lower portions of these channel irons 44 and 45 near their lower ends where they are attached to the base castings 43 is a lower rectangular frame 47. In order to give rigidity to the whole frame composed of the parts heretofore described, diagonal braces 48, best shown in Fig. 5, are provided, secured either exactly as shown in the drawing, or to any upright and horizontal parts, as may be desired. For convenience, the drawings only show this bracing provided at the front of the machine. Similar bracing at other points of the frame is omitted in order to avoid confusing the drawings, but any amount of bracing may be provided to give the frame proper rigidity. The flanges 49 of the channel irons 44, heretofore described,face each other, and the flanges 49 of the channel-irons 45, heretofore described, face each other, as shown, from which it will readily be seen that the recesses 50 between the flanges of each pair of channel-irons face each other so that the ends 51 of the rods or bars 52 may slide up and down in such notches or recesses 50 between each pair of channel irons.

Rigidly secured to the upper. ends of the channel-irons 44 and 45, heretofore described, but in a way not to obstruct these notches or recesses 50, heretofore referred to, are parallel, substantially horizontal, upper tracks 53; and similarly secured to the lower portion of the frame of the machine are two other parallel tracks 54. As shown in the drawings, these lower tracks 54 are slightly inclined, but this is not material to the invention. As shown, these two pairs of tracks 53 and 54 overhang the rear of the machine some little distance. Rigidly secured to the rear ends of the tracks 53 are brackets or hangers 56. The hangers 56 on opposite sides of the machine are rigidly secured. together by a brace or tie-rod 57, this to give rigidity. J ournaled in hangers 56, heretofore described, is an idle, freely rotatable roller 58. On the extreme ends of the brackets or hangers 56 is journaled another idle, freely rotatable roller 60. Over this last mentioned roller 60 there is a belt or tape 61 connected beyond the figure to the delivery of a printing press, and as this belt delivered from the printing press is fed over the rollers 60 and 58 on to the machine of my invention.

Journaled in the extreme ends of the tracks 53 at the rear of the machine is a shaft 64. I rigidly secure to this shaft 64, by any suitable means, a pair of lever-arms 65, one of said lever-arms being at or near each end of the shaft 64 on each side of the machine. Pivotally connected to the outer ends of these lever-arms 64 by means of bolts or rivets 66 are two connecting rods 67. Connecting the opposite ends of these connecting rods 67 is a shaft 68, on which is mounted a pair of wheels 69 adapted to travel along the tracks 53; also mounted upon this shaft 68 is a feed-roller 70. These wheels 69 and the roller 7 0 should be free to rotate independently of each other. This may be accomplished by making the shaft 68 rigid with the connecting rods 67 and journaling both the wheels and the roller freely upon the shaft, or by securing the roller to the shaft and journaling the shaft in the connecting rods 67 and journaling the wheels upon the shaft, as desired. When the shaft 64 is rotated through a portion of its revolution and back again, the parts which have just'been described will be moved so as to cause the roller 70 to move from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the )osition shown in Fig. 2, and back again. Similarly journaled at the extreme ends of the lower tracks 54, at the rear of the machine. is another shaft 72. Rigidly secured to this shaft is a pair of lever-arms 73 corresponding to the lever-arm 65 heretofore described. Journaled on pins or rivets 74 at the outer ends of these lever-arms 73 is a pair of connecting rods 75. Rigidly secured to the opposite ends of these connecting-rods 75 is a pair of short shafts 76 of such a length that they extend from the two sides of the machine in past the standards 43 or channels 44 and 45 to the plane of the lower tracks 54; and rigidly connected to the inner ends of these short shafts 76 are rods or bars 77 passing behind the frame of the machine in approximately the vertical planes of the tracks 54. Mounted in the ends of these short shafts 77 is a horizontal shaft 78, on which is mounted in the same manner that the wheel 69 and the roller 70 are mounted upon the shaft 68, a pair of wheels 79 and a delivery roller 80. From the foregoing, it will be seen that when the shaft 72 is given a partial rotation and back again, the delivery roller will be caused to travel from the position shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in Fig. 3, and back again, the wheels 79 traveling and returning upon the tracks 54 during this operation.

Rigidly secured to the shaft 64, heretofore described, is a crank-arm 81; and similarly rlgidly secured to the shaft 72, heretofore 

